TNPCB to shift Perundurai office to SIPCOT Complex

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board will be shifting the office of District Environmental Engineer in Perundurai to the SIPCOT Complex shortly.

The office has been functioning out of a rented building along Bhavani Road.

TNPCB has been provided with 34 cents of land on 99 years lease in the SIPCOT Complex for building the new office, official sources said. At the new location, officials will be in a better position to monitor pollution levels in the complex spread over 2,750 acres.

Construction work is expected to take six months for completion. The office of the District Environmental Engineer will also be equipped with a testing laboratory and a continuous air quality monitoring station, a senior official said.

Of late, the TNPCB has been strict in implementing Zero Liquid Discharge norms mandated by the Supreme Court. Effluent flow is metered and the discharges and salt recovery are documented and monitored, the sources said.

The industries have been instructed to use only dry firewood for operating boilers. There have been instances of industries using firewood with certain dampness levels due to which excessive smoke gets generated.